The U.S. military will leave Iraq by the end of September, American and Iraqi officials said Tuesday, following a 23-year presence that started with the 2003 invasion against Saddam Hussein and ended with much smaller operations against ISIL.

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The planned US withdrawal is linked to the disarmament of influential, Iran-backed militias in Iraq.